Interacting with Complex Multi-Robot Networks
Event details
| Date | 04.07.2013 |
| Hour | 14:15 › 15:15 |
| Speaker |
Magnus Egerstedt, Professor at Georgia Tech |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Bio:
Magnus Egerstedt is the Schlumberger Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and the B.A. degree in Philosophy from Stockholm University. Dr. Egerstedt conducts research in the areas of control theory and robotics, with particular focus on control and coordination of complex networks, such as multi-robot systems, mobile sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems. He serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems and directs the Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (GRITS Lab). Egerstedt is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a recipient of the ECE/GT Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award, the Georgia Tech Teaching Efficiency Award, and the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
Abstract:
The last few years have seen significant progress in our understanding of how one should structure multi-robot systems. New control, coordination, and communication strategies have emerged and, in this talk, we summarize some of these developments. In particular, we will discuss how to go from local control rules to global behaviors in a systematic manner in order to achieve distributed geometric objectives, such as achieving and maintaining formations, area coverage, and swarming behaviors. We will also investigate how users can interact with networks of mobile robots in order to inject new information and objectives. The efficacy of these interactions depends directly on the interaction dynamics and the structure of the underlying information-exchange network. We will relate these network-level characteristics to controllability notions in order to produce effective human-swarm interaction strategies.
Magnus Egerstedt is the Schlumberger Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and the B.A. degree in Philosophy from Stockholm University. Dr. Egerstedt conducts research in the areas of control theory and robotics, with particular focus on control and coordination of complex networks, such as multi-robot systems, mobile sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems. He serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems and directs the Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (GRITS Lab). Egerstedt is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a recipient of the ECE/GT Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award, the Georgia Tech Teaching Efficiency Award, and the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
Abstract:
The last few years have seen significant progress in our understanding of how one should structure multi-robot systems. New control, coordination, and communication strategies have emerged and, in this talk, we summarize some of these developments. In particular, we will discuss how to go from local control rules to global behaviors in a systematic manner in order to achieve distributed geometric objectives, such as achieving and maintaining formations, area coverage, and swarming behaviors. We will also investigate how users can interact with networks of mobile robots in order to inject new information and objectives. The efficacy of these interactions depends directly on the interaction dynamics and the structure of the underlying information-exchange network. We will relate these network-level characteristics to controllability notions in order to produce effective human-swarm interaction strategies.
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- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Alcherio Martinoli (DISAL)
Contact
- Milos Vasic (DISAL)